library-hushed and hidden,
mothered by ribbon and
creamy paper; numbed by
water color’s ebbing tide,
mirror imaged face-paint
dangles spread-eagled,
from strings of woven secrets,
hands full of alizarin,
paper cuts,
silence.
Author notes
alizarin
noun - a red pigment present in madder root, used in dyeing
adjective - of a red colour
In a list
A contest entry
- ten poems, ten lines, ten minutes... by Floorboards.
425 points, ended February 9, 2007, 7 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Critical comments are most welcome.
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you like saying 'spread eagled' don't you? Ha ha. And 'flurries', I noticed earlier. I have a cat named Flurry. Uhm.. anyway... you rock!
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Uh-huh, because I'm trying to get away from the 'screams' and 'angels' I usually write about. Or used too.
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Found myself with a flashback of me sitting crosslegged in our hometown public library with a dozen books spread before me...thats where I escaped to...thanks for the flood of warm memories...provided great imagery here....Congrats!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this piece. And thanks for the applause!
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this is wonderful, and i love those words, mothered by ribbon and creamy paper. Great job, congrats! jan
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Thanks for your applause and beautiful comment, Jan!
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this is a very impressive poem with some lovely imagery, i don't know what alizarin is, if you could pop in the authors notse i'd be very grateful, thank you very much for entering my contest,
mr floorboards.
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Thanks for your lovely comment and applause! I've fixed it up in my author's comment now.
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